first sunrise wakes me: and so i close the curtains, my head cursing me.
Written for and entered into the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society's 2024 Tokutomi Memorial Contest using the New Year season word first sunrise and also entered into the 2024 British Haiku Society Awards.
peace descending on the floor of the autumn woods a time for planning
Written for and entered into the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society's 2024 Tokutomi Memorial Contest using the Autumn season word autumn woods and also entered into the 2024 British Haiku Society Awards.
polythene blankets over the withered garden regenerate me
Written for and entered into the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society's 2025 Tokutomi Memorial Contest using the Winter season word withered garden.
the godless month gets away from me as does a mutinous thought
Written for and entered into the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society's 2025 Tokutomi Memorial Contest using the Autumn season word godless month.
scene change jealousy watching the departing geese then more monotones
Written for and entered into the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society's 2025 Tokutomi Memorial Contest using the Spring season word departing geese.
a scream for silence
watching the figure cry she
heard the hard fury
From words on page 594 of The Book of Dust, Volume 3: The Rose Field by Philip Pullman (David Fickling Books/Penguin 2025).
this new year’s first smile
ensured by real explosions
if not from your kiss
Written for and entered into the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society's 2025 Tokutomi Memorial Contest using the New Year season word scent of first smile.
